Intel GMA 950

[jimbojones 2]

I have a laptop with the above chipset, would be nice to use it for editor purposes. Looking at the specs, http://www.intel.com/products/chipsets/gma950/index.htm looks to be dx9 capable, but I am getting an error, 'Unable to read shader cache, missing or corrupt shdc files'

Anyone know if there is a way around that or not? With the amount of trouble that is going on with supported PC's I am not expecting much out of this.... but would be cool.

[desertfox 2]

The chip does support pixel shader 2.0 and full directx9.0 hardware accelleration. Hypothetically it should be able to run Armed Assault.

On the other hand it's still an onboard GPU chip with close to no performance. Really not the optimal thing.

[WhiskeyBullets 0]

i would be very surprised if it ran it at all. But you could try and report back to us for anybody else that is thinking it can.

[echo1 0]

I have a laptop with the above chipset, would be nice to use it for editor purposes. Looking at the specs, http://www.intel.com/products/chipsets/gma950/index.htm looks to be dx9 capable, but I am getting an error, 'Unable to read shader cache, missing or corrupt shdc files'

Anyone know if there is a way around that or not? With the amount of trouble that is going on with supported PC's I am not expecting much out of this.... but would be cool.

Unfortunatly Intel Integrated Graphics + Anything that need Graphics card = . How much RAM do you have in the laptop? Might be a case that a RAM upgrade will allow the GMA900 to work better.

[WhiskeyBullets 0]

Adding more ram will not make the video card run better, most laptops with onboard video cards have shared ram which is used by the whole system.

[jimbojones 2]

Hello everyone

current config is

Intel Core 2 Duo Processor T5600 (1.86GHz/667MHz/2MB)

1GB, DDR2, 667MHz 2 Dimm

Integrated Intel Graphics Media Accelerator 950 GM

256-bit graphics core running at 400MHz

Up to 10.6 GB/sec memory bandwidth with DDR2 667 system memory

1.6 GPixels/sec and 1.6 GTexels/sec fill rate

Up to 224 MB maximum video memory

2048x1536 at 75 Hz maximum resolution

Dynamic Display Modes for flat-panel, wide-screen and Digital TV support

Operating systems supported: Microsoft Windows* XP, Windows* XP 64bit, Media Center Edition 2004/2005, Windows 2000; Linux-compatible (Xfree86 source available)

High Performance 3D Up to 4 pixels per clock rendering

Microsoft* DirectX* 9 Hardware Acceleration Features:

Pixel Shader 2.0

Volumetric Textures

Shadow Maps

Slope Scale Depth Bias

Two-Sided Stencil

Microsoft* DirectX* 9 Vertex Shader 3.0 and Transform and Lighting supported in software through highly optimized Processor Specific Geometry Pipeline (PSGP)

Texture Decompression for DirectX* and OpenGL*

OpenGL* 1.4 support plus ARB_vertex_buffer and EXT_shadow_funcs extensions and TexEnv shader caching

Running German DL Version

The error i recieve is right when it is about to load, I get "'Unable to read shader cache, missing or corrupt shdc files'"  I really didnt expect it to run, but after trying and then reading the info on the onboard card seems like it should at least fire up.

[jimbojones 2]

Just an update, tried patch 1.02 for German DL version, still no go...same error. Just thought i would try since it stated some shader optimizations were in place.

[t3K-Mac 0]

did you try running it with 3danalyze? with this tool i even got rs:lockdown to run on my gms915 integrated chipset. you should give it a try.

[jimbojones 2]

Thanks, I downloaded it but have not had any luck. Do you know what setting could fix that? I tried alot of combinations with no luck.

I will do some searching and see if there is anything else.

[zirigui_BOOM 0]

i cant run the game in intel 950 too..

[madmossy 0]

If I were you i'd stop trying, IF you do manage to get it working you'll be horribly mortified by the incredibly poor frame rates graphical detail. Your better off sticking it on a decent desktop machine with a geforce 7 series or ATi x1900 series graphics card to get the game playing like its meant to be played.

Geforce 7 series or ATi x1900 series cards arent expensive you can pick up the NVidia 7900GS for around 130 quid or the ATi 1950 Pro for 130 quid, there are of course higher end models that range in price all the way upto 450 quid but thats for people with deep pockets.

[jimbojones 2]

Quote[/b] ]If I were you i'd stop trying,

Well I was persistant and I have found a work around in my case.  I returned my laptop for one that has a GeforceGo7400, and it fires up.  Good enough to fix my cravings whil eon the road.  Good luck to the rest of you.  

[StenTheAwesome 0]

Has anyone found a fix for this yet that doesn't involve getting a new computer?

[Jack-UK 0]

Nope, i dont think there is a 'fix' for it.. its simply that the hardware is not good enough to run the game...

Sorry =(